Alun L. Palmer wrote:
wrote in news:1108665611.010471.49400
@l41g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:
A tiny fraction of the number of countries which are members of
the
UN and/or the ITU.
About 10% as a matter of fact. A minority, but not quite my idea
of a
'tiny' fraction. The point is, of course, that we are far from
done
yet. Canada may be next.
One more out of 185 or so snore. Let's see here . . where's my
sliderule . . . if four "dominoes" per year fall, which is about
the
current rate and the rate is maintained it'll be 2046 before the
last
code test requirement is dropped.
Most of those other 170+ are pretty small, although you choose to
mention
the big ones by name of course.
Of course, because first of all it's the big countries which set trends
at least regionally and it's their huge numbers of citizens who would
potentially be most affected by changes in ham radio regs. Which is a
whole different topic from the effects on their existing ham
populations whatever their number.
What you call Old Europe isn't socialist by any rational standards,
unless
you are an extreme neo-con republican? I'll take that as a yes.
Don't because you couldn't be more wrong.
My point is that
governments make these kinds of decisions based on their
culture-based
inclinations in such matters. Which is to say that the former
Soviets,
Brazil, India and China are not socialist giveaway swamps like
Sweden,
France and the rest and are far less likely to quit the code tests.
Last time I checked France and Sweden were capitalist countries and
China
was socialist.
They're both socialist Alun. The only difference being that China uses
the Marx/Lennin model and Sweden is the model for Old Europe socialism.
As for Russia, the old communists seem to be taking over
again, albeit they don't actually care what system they rule over,
nor ever
did, IMHO.
Never in their thousand year history have the Russians lived in a
democracy or a capitalist society, their genes need to be conditioned
before they get their act together by western standards. In the
meanwhile they're suffering from massive startup lumps and bumps which
were predicted long before the Soviet Union actually imploded. Whatever
this has to do with code tests.
I'm sure it will be a great comfort to you if the Russian
Federation
is the last to keep a code test. They are not my idea of anyone I
would want to emulate, however.
But emulating Sweden is OK huh?
n3kip
w3rv
Sure, why not?
BINGO: There it is. Old Europe. Sez it all.
Not in your lifetime Alun.
'Bye.
w3rv